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David Hartley Armstrong

Senator from Missouri
SENATEDEMOCRAT1877–1879ID A000279
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LegislationHEADLINE
83%with Dems
of 117 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
83%with Dems
of 117 · both combined

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓1877
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
82.9%with Democrats
of 117 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Feb 27, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 24, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 24, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Jan 24, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 20, 1879S. 300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 20, 1879S. 300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 16, 1879H.R. 4234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 16, 1879H.R. 4234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 10, 1879H.R. 5534No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 117 contested votes scored in the 45th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

1 Congresses
45th · 1877
Democrat · Senate · MO45th–45th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
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David Hartley Armstrong

Senator from Missouri
SENATED1877–18791 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
82.9%with Democrats
of 117 votes · 17.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested83%of 117 · combined

Career arc

10050018771877
1877–78 · 45th · Democrat · of 117 votes82.9%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 117 contested votes scored in the 45th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

45th · 187745th · 1877
Democrat45th–45th

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